MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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