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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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