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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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