MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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