MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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