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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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