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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily 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 many
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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