MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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