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 Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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