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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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