MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
elearning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
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.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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