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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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