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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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