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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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