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.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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