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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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