MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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