MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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