MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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