MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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