MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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