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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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