MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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