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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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