MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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