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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
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
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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