MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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