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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always 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 numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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