MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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