MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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