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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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