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.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
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 massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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