MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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