MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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