MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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