MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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