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.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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