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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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