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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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