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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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