MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
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 variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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