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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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