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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
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 several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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