MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major 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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