MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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