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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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