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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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