MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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