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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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