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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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