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
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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