MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
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 many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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