MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses 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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