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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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