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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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