MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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