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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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