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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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