MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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 variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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