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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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 a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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