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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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