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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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