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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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