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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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