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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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