MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners 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
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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