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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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