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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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