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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC 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 a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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