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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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