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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students 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
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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