MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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