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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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