MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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