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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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