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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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