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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online education make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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