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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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