MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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