MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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