MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
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 struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses 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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