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
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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