MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take 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 online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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