MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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