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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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