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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also explores the
major 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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