MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners 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 a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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