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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually 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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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