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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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