MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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