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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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