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.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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