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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key 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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