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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
mostly 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
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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