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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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