MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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