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 the 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
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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