MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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