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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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