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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major 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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