MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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