MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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