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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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