MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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