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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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