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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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