MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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