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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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