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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Comoros to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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