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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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