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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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