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 Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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