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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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