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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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