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 Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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