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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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