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
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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