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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
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
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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