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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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