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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
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.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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