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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peru to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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