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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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