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.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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