MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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