MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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