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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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