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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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