MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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