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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Aland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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