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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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