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
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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