MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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