MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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