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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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