MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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