MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
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 many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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