MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
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 numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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