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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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