MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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