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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UCSF to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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