MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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