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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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