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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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