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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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