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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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