MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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