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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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