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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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