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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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