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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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