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.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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