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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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