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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
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.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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