MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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