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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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