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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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