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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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