MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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