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.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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