MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes 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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