MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important 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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