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.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
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 online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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