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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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