MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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