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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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