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.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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