MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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