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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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