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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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