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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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