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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea 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 optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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