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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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