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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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