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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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