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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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