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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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