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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brunei to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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