MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
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
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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