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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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