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.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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