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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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