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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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