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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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