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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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