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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
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
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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