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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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