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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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