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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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