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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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