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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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