MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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