MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
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 instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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