MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also addresses 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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