MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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