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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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