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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
most important 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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