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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 many
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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