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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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