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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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