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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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