MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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