MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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 lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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