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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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