MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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