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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also reviews the
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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