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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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