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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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