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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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