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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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