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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
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 many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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