MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates 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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