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.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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