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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Panama to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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