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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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