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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students 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 numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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