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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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