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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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