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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses 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.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the inspiring 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 talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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