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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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