MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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