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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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