MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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