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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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