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.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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