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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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