MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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