MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners 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 several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also analyzes the
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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