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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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