MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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