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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
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 variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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