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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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