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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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