MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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