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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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