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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key 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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