MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always 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 several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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