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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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