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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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