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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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