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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students 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 a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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