MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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