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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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