MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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