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.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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