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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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