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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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