MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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