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.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs 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 numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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