MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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