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
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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