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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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