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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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