MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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