MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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