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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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