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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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