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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
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.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
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