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 Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines 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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