MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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