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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
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 numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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