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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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