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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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