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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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