MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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