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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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