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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically 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 many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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