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.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
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