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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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