MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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