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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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