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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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