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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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