MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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