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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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