MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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