MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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