MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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