MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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