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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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