MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes 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 massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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