MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
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
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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