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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
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 courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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