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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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