MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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