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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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