MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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