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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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