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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
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
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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