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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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