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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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