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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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