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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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