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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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