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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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