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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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