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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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