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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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