MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
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.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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