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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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