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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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