MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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