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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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