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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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