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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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