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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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