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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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