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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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