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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part 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 MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
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