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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key 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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