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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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