MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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