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
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
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
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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