MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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