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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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