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.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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