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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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