MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses 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.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
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