MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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