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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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