MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students 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
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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