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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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