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.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
mostly 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
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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