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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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