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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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