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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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