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.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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