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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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