MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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