MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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