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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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