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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
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 many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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