MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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