MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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