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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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