MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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