MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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