MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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