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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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