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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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