MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates 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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