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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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