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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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