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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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