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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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