MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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