MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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