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.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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