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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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