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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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