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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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