MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in 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 massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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