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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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