MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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