MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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