MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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