MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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