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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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