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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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