MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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