MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iran to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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