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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
elearning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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