MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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