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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
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 massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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