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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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