MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning are empowering
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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