MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners 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
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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