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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses 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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