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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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