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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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