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.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part 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 online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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