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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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