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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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