MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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