MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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