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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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