MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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