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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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