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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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