MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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