MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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