MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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