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.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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