MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The New School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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