MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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