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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
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
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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