MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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