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 is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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