MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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