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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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