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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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