MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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