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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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