MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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