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
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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