MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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