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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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