MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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