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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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