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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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