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.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
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