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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
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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