MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers 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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