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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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