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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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