MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
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.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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