MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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