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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
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
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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