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.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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