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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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