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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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