MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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