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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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