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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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