MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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