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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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