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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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