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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
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