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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
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 classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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