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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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