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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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