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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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