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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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