MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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