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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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