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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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