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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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