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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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