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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
elearning have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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