MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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