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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
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.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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