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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly 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 organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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