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.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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