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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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