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.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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