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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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