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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
normally 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 a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Italy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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