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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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