MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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