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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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