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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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