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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important 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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