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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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