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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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