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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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