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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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