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
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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