MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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