MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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