MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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