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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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