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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belize to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
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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