MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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