MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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