MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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