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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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