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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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