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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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