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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Egypt to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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