MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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