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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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