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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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