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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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 online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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