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.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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