MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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