MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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