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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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