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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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