MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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