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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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