MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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