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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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