MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
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
distance learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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