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 is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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