MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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