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.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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