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.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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