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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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