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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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