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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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