MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students 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 many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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