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 is a
book
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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