MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning enable
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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 massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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