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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
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.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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