MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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