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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
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.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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