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.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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