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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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