MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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