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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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