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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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