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
which
researches
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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