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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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