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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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