MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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