MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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