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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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