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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
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
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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