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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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