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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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