MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
elearning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in 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.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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