MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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