MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes 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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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