MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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