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.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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