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 Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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