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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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