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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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