MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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