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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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