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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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