MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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