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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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